Belleville sold to Hamilton and will move. The OHL fucked this up. Should have moved Plymouth to Cornwall instead of Flint, moved Niagara out West, Hamilton to the East and Cornwall joins the East division.

No. They wanted a new arena, didn't get one. So naturally, move to Copps Coliseum.

Divisions will be staying the same, so Hamilton is in the East, not the Central with Niagara, even though they're 30 minutes apart. Erie, Hamilton, Niagara should all be in the central, move Mississauga to the West.

I feel badly for Bulls fans, but I can understand why the team left the city. What I have a problem with is the speed in which this was done, and the fact that deadlines were ignored in the haste to kiss up to a rich guy who wants an OHL team.

I don't necessarily wish Hamilton bad, but I won't be upset to see 4,000 fans rattle around in a 17,000 seat monstrosity.

Hamilton has a lot of work to do to become a viable franchise. Their track record isn't good, but that was a long time ago.

I feel badly for Bulls fans, but I can understand why the team left the city. What I have a problem with is the speed in which this was done, and the fact that deadlines were ignored in the haste to kiss up to a rich guy who wants an OHL team.

I don't necessarily wish Hamilton bad, but I won't be upset to see 4,000 fans rattle around in a 17,000 seat monstrosity.

Hamilton has a lot of work to do to become a viable franchise. Their track record isn't good, but that was a long time ago.

I've seen junior hockey crowds in a NHL sized arena. The end result is awful. It's awful for the kids, and the fans. Fuck David Branch. Also fuck Belleville for not getting that arena done somehow. Who is next? Sudbury Wolves?

Burt Macklin wrote:I've seen junior hockey crowds in a NHL sized arena. The end result is awful. It's awful for the kids, and the fans. Fuck David Branch. Also fuck Belleville for not getting that arena done somehow. Who is next? Sudbury Wolves?

Sudbury, Owen Sound... who knows?

Just wait until Hamilton is awarded the 2018 Memorial Cup... that'll be awesome.

I was in Plymouth on Saturday night... such a hard game to watch end. They had some diehard fans, just not as many as they needed. I feel so sorry for those fans who were involved with the team for so long; there were a lot of tears at the end of the game. The Whalers did it right, and having the players come back out and do a couple of laps for the fans was awesome.

Burt Macklin wrote:I've seen junior hockey crowds in a NHL sized arena. The end result is awful. It's awful for the kids, and the fans. Fuck David Branch. Also fuck Belleville for not getting that arena done somehow. Who is next? Sudbury Wolves?

Sudbury, Owen Sound... who knows?

Just wait until Hamilton is awarded the 2018 Memorial Cup... that'll be awesome.

I was in Plymouth on Saturday night... such a hard game to watch end. They had some diehard fans, just not as many as they needed. I feel so sorry for those fans who were involved with the team for so long; there were a lot of tears at the end of the game. The Whalers did it right, and having the players come back out and do a couple of laps for the fans was awesome.

Burt Macklin wrote:I've seen junior hockey crowds in a NHL sized arena. The end result is awful. It's awful for the kids, and the fans. Fuck David Branch. Also fuck Belleville for not getting that arena done somehow. Who is next? Sudbury Wolves?

Sudbury, Owen Sound... who knows?

Just wait until Hamilton is awarded the 2018 Memorial Cup... that'll be awesome.

I was in Plymouth on Saturday night... such a hard game to watch end. They had some diehard fans, just not as many as they needed. I feel so sorry for those fans who were involved with the team for so long; there were a lot of tears at the end of the game. The Whalers did it right, and having the players come back out and do a couple of laps for the fans was awesome.

That move to Flint turned out swimmingly.

And yet still better than Hamilton, where attendance hovers around 3,000.

No one knows at this point,Chicpea - still a lot of players not sent back.

Sarnia, Windsor, London, Mississauga are all missing KEY players (not counting guys like Marner, who no one expects to return). Sarnia is missing Zacha, Konecny and Chychrun; Windsor is missing Sergachev; London - who gives a shit.

I saw Arizona sent back Dvorak......why not play him at the A level this year? He has done everything in Jr. Sarnia won't get back Zacha, Konecny or Chychrun for a while same with Windsor and Sergachev. Mississauga has everyone back at this point I think.